Sharp County record., 1887-10-20
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

ltlcal tour through lrelanu'
Two Scotland Yard (England) detect,
ives are said to be making a tour ef the
West for documents connected with Irish
affairs.
A MAN named Edwardy, lately engaged
as newspaper reporter in st. Louis, Is IN
shooting scrape trouble at the City OF
Mexico
A RIOT occurred at Plevna, Bulgaria,
during the election for members OF the
Sobranje. Twenty-four persons were
killed and thirty wounded.
A SERIES of incendiary fires and burg
laries in Elmira, N. Y, was brought to an
end on the 18th by the arrest ofnine young
men who had banded together for the pur-
pose of burglary and arson. Much stolen
property was recovered.
THREE new cases and one death from
yellow fever were reported at Tampa,
Fla, on the 11th. Citizens have organized
relief association. Proper precautions
have been taken to prevent the spread OF
the disease.
THE report has been confirmed in Tehe-
ran that Ayoub Khan has died from
wounds received in the desert.
A TREATY of union has been concluded
between the South African Republic and
the New Boer Republic. Henceforth they
are to be one State under one president.
A LADY of high family in Paris, whose
name is at present concealed, has been ar
rested in connection with the treason OF
General Cafferell
PART of the records of suit in Ver-
million County, ILL.,, now on file there, were
written by Abraham Lincoln in 1856, and
later records in the office were written by
Grover Cleveland in 1879.
THE return of Jas. Gordon Bennett to
New York, has caused ripple of interest
on Wall street, the conclusion being
reached at once that it has some connec-
ton with the affairs Of the Commercial
Cable Company and its rate war with the
Western Union.
THE New York Tribune announced on
the 18th that John NJ. Ward, captain of
the New York baseball nine, would, on
the 18th, marry Miss Helen Dauvray, the
talented and wealthy actress They will
make tour in the West.
AT a revival meeting in church at
Madisonville, KY, on the night of the 10th,
Lonnie Preston and one Bryant became
involved in quarrel A stampede ensued,
the worshipers giving up the church to
the combatants. When quiet was restored
Preston was found on the floor disem-
bowlod, while Bryant was missing. Pres
ton will die.
JUDGE THOMAS c. MANNING, United
States Minister to Mexico, died on the
morning of the 18th at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, New York. He had been ill for
about a week and was taken sick shortly
after his arrival in the city to attend the
meeting of the Peabody Educational
Fund, OF which he was one of the truS-
tees.
BY a fire in Northern Ohio Insane Asy-
lum, at Cleveland, on the evening Of the
18th, several of the inmates met their
death by asphyxiation and burning. The
loss on the building will reach $4,000.
The most heroic work on the part of the
officers and attendants was called into
requisition to subdue the panic among the
unfortunate patients.
AN inquest is being held at Koutz, Ind,
over the victims of the great railroad hor-
rOr.
Snow began falling at Utica, N. Y, on
the morning of the 10Th. 1t was the first of
the season.
ROBERT GARRETT has resigned the Balti
more & Ohio presidency.
Russell BROWN, who killed his grand
mother, Mrs. Doris, in st. Louis, in jan
uary, 1882, escaped from the Missouri
State prison on the night of the 18th.
THE Ameer of Afghanistan does not
believe the report that Ayoub Khan is
dead, and continues the work of defense
for Afghanistan in case of civil war.
MEN-oF-wAR of all nations are as
sembling at Morocco.
Snow storms, accompanied by thunder
and lightning, prevailed in England and
Wales, on the 18th. Roads in Wales were
blocked with snow.
The United States steamship Adams
has been dispatched to the Samoan islands
to protect American interests.
THE Interstate Commerce Commission
resumed its open sessions on the 18th.
All the commissioners were present.
DEPUTATIoN Of London paupers de-
manded assistance from the authorities on
the 18th, but received only rebuke.
NJ. SAvoURE, Frenchman who, for ten
years has been resident of Shoa, one of
the States of Abyssinia, has arrived at
Paris on mission from King John.
The President has appointed Thomas c.
Pound, of Chippewa Falls, Wis, George
Stoneman, of Los Angeles, Cal, and Theo-
dore Cook, of Cincinnati, commissioners
to examine and report upon two sections
of railroad and telegraph lines constructed
by the Central Pacific railroad Successor
to the California & Oregon railroaO.
THE Russian Government officially con-
tradcts the report that Grand Duke Mich
olas, in a recent speech, declared that,
under certain circumstances, he and other
Russians would join the French army.
SURGEON GENERAL HAMILTON received
telegram on the 18th from Deputy Col
lector Spencer at Tampa, Fla, saying
that one death and three new cases of yell
low fever had occurred since last report,
but that the situation seemed more hope.
full.
THE defalcation of r. S. Hicks, cashier
of the Stafford (Conn.) National Bank,
will exceed 100000, but the exact amount
will not be known until returns are made
from various New York and Boston banks.
TELEGRAMs received in New York on
the 18th contained statements that rumors
were current that Henry Willard had re-
signed from the directory Of the Northern
Pacific railroad. Mr.. Willard authorizes
the statement that they are absolutely
untrua